Typhoon & JSF
-Tim
UK has been trying to remain full partners on two military fast jet programmes for years, when there has always been the option to try to turn JSF into a 'full-time' interceptor, or Typhoon into a carrier plane. That fact that neither has yet happened suggests that, apart from the Eurofighter penalty clauses, its either quite difficult to do, or they offer sufficiently distinct capabilities it's worth having both.
A question does come to mind though - Rafale and Eurofighter look similar, and are thought to have similar capabilities, so why has one made a good carrier-based fighter and the other apparently not?